While most countries have closed their embassies in Kabul and are trying to evacuate their citizens after the Taliban’s occupation of Afghanistan, China and Russia have signaled recognition of Afghanistan’s new Taliban. China said on Monday that it wants to develop excellent friendly relations with the Taliban. Let us tell you that the Taliban has taken control of Kabul a day earlier.
China Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told the media, “China respects the right of the people of Afghanistan to freely choose their destiny and wants to continue to develop better friendly and cooperative relations with Afghanistan.” Apart from China, Russia has also indicated to recognize the Taliban government. On Tuesday, the Russian ambassador has indicated to meet the Taliban delegation and after that Russia can take a big decision. At the same time, Britain has appealed to countries around the world not to recognize the Taliban government.
China said that we welcome the opportunity to strengthen the relationship with the Taliban. “The Taliban have repeatedly expressed their hope for a good relationship with China and they look forward to the Afghan people and China’s participation in the development reconstruction of Afghanistan,” the Chinese spokesman said. We welcome it.” Hua also said that we have not closed the Chinese embassy in confession. The Chinese embassy in Kabul is still functioning.
During the US withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years, the Chinese president expressed a desire to maintain informal relations with the Taliban. Let us tell you that China has a 76 km border with Afghanistan. China has long feared that a Taliban government in Afghanistan could lead to a rise in Muslim separatism in Shijiang province. But recently a Taliban delegation visited China and met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and promised him that the Afghan land would not be allowed to be used as a base for terrorism in any way. In return, the Chinese Foreign Minister assured economic cooperation and investment.